“Beyond mere color, being Black is first and foremost a conscious political, social, and economic commitment to the struggle for the collective betterment of the descendants of the Black slavery holocaust in what has now become the United States of America, in conjunction with other people of color and humanity as a whole.”

Acknowledgement

The Black Activist Writers Guild expresses enormous gratitude to, among others, Intrepid Report, The San Francisco Bayview - National Black Newspaper, It's About Time, The Black Commentator, and Black Agenda Report for unflinching service in spreading, highlighting, and connecting the concerns of Black people worldwide.

The song Soldier, We Love You, composed and sung by Rita Martinson, is in the 1972 documentary, FTA, and no longer available on YouTube. If your local library does not have the DVD, Netflix and iTunes do. One can also purchase the DVD FTA on the New Video Group and Sir! No Sir! websites.